Mike Rivers
January 24th 07, 01:25 PM
Bottomfeeder wrote:
> Musician's Friend has this thing for $99, but
> for the life of me, I can find no reference to
> it anywhere. I'm suspecting it's an "exclusive"
> to that retailer.
You're probably right about that. Guitar Center and probalby Musician's
Friend gets MXL standard models with different model numbers on them so
you can't compare prices. Find another MXK mic that looks like that one
and is about the same price and see if you can find any comments about
it.
> My experience with MXL LDCs is limited, but I have
> found them to be tinny-sounding, cheaply made,
> transformerless designs, though these were lower
> priced models than this thing.
MXL mics have always been in the "great for the money" category, so
don't expect to get a great microphone for $99, But to call them
cheaply made and tinny-sounding isn't fair. Many are transformerless,
but that doesn't matter.
Lower priced than $99? Maybe there are a couple, but since there will
always be people who will buy somethig cheaper, someone will make it.
It might as well be a reasonable reputable manufacturer.
> Musician's Friend has this thing for $99, but
> for the life of me, I can find no reference to
> it anywhere. I'm suspecting it's an "exclusive"
> to that retailer.
You're probably right about that. Guitar Center and probalby Musician's
Friend gets MXL standard models with different model numbers on them so
you can't compare prices. Find another MXK mic that looks like that one
and is about the same price and see if you can find any comments about
it.
> My experience with MXL LDCs is limited, but I have
> found them to be tinny-sounding, cheaply made,
> transformerless designs, though these were lower
> priced models than this thing.
MXL mics have always been in the "great for the money" category, so
don't expect to get a great microphone for $99, But to call them
cheaply made and tinny-sounding isn't fair. Many are transformerless,
but that doesn't matter.
Lower priced than $99? Maybe there are a couple, but since there will
always be people who will buy somethig cheaper, someone will make it.
It might as well be a reasonable reputable manufacturer.